This was a very heart warming biographical docuseries on Arnold Schwarzenegger. Beautifully made, the series is spilt up into three episodes covering Arnold's life as an athlete, as an actor and finally as a politician.
As entertaining and as sentimental as this series was, I feel the series makers could have dwelled deeper into certain areas of Arnold's life. For sure they could've covered his seemingly troubled relationship with his father and brother a bit deeper. I feel they basically glanced over this. I mean it was clear there were some unresolved issues with his dad, especially when you consider that at some point early in his life Arnold actually wondered if his dad wasn't his "real dad" and was perhaps an American soldier, thus explaining to himself his drive to move there. And they never actually tell us if Arnold did or didn't attend his father's funeral: if you believed what he said in Pumping Iron, he basically refused to go and years later you find out that in that movie he was play acting most of the time.
The series makers also could've touched on his relationship with his mother post death of his father and brother. Arnold just cuts himself off from his past raises a lot of question which could've been explored more in the series: his relationship with his mother and immediate family could've been spread out in an entire episode on its own.
More could've been discussed about the allegations he faced during his campaign for governor of California. I suspect the series makers wanted to make a positive series on Arnold considering it's a Netflix show and that they've signed him on for another show, possibly more projects in the pipeline.
Ultimately, this series was a puff piece. No other way to describe it. It is well made, enjoyable and enlightening. Very heart felt at times, but enjoyable. And I did walk away from this series admiring Arnold more, I have to say. Love him or hate him, I highly recommend watching this to gain a different and intimate perspective on the man.
As entertaining and as sentimental as this series was, I feel the series makers could have dwelled deeper into certain areas of Arnold's life. For sure they could've covered his seemingly troubled relationship with his father and brother a bit deeper. I feel they basically glanced over this. I mean it was clear there were some unresolved issues with his dad, especially when you consider that at some point early in his life Arnold actually wondered if his dad wasn't his "real dad" and was perhaps an American soldier, thus explaining to himself his drive to move there. And they never actually tell us if Arnold did or didn't attend his father's funeral: if you believed what he said in Pumping Iron, he basically refused to go and years later you find out that in that movie he was play acting most of the time.
The series makers also could've touched on his relationship with his mother post death of his father and brother. Arnold just cuts himself off from his past raises a lot of question which could've been explored more in the series: his relationship with his mother and immediate family could've been spread out in an entire episode on its own.
More could've been discussed about the allegations he faced during his campaign for governor of California. I suspect the series makers wanted to make a positive series on Arnold considering it's a Netflix show and that they've signed him on for another show, possibly more projects in the pipeline.
Ultimately, this series was a puff piece. No other way to describe it. It is well made, enjoyable and enlightening. Very heart felt at times, but enjoyable. And I did walk away from this series admiring Arnold more, I have to say. Love him or hate him, I highly recommend watching this to gain a different and intimate perspective on the man.
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